Bearer vs. Barer — What's the Difference?

A porter.

Barer is a surname.

A pallbearer.

Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked

One that holds a check or other redeemable note for payment.

Exposed to view; undisguised

A fruit- or flower-bearing plant.

Lacking the usual furnishings, equipment, or decoration

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

Having no addition, adornment, or qualification

Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.

Just sufficient; mere

One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.

(Obsolete) Bareheaded.

A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.

To make bare; uncover or reveal

A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.

To expose

A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.

One who bares or exposes something.

(India) A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.

A tree or plant yielding fruit.

(dated) Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).

(printing) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.

(printing) A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.

A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.

A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.

One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.

A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

Someone whose employment involves carrying something;

A messenger who bears or presents;

One of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral

The person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it;